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News on Japan, Business News, Opinion, Sports, Entertainment and MoreTue, 03 Mar 2015 18:22:37 +0000en-UShourly1Swedish cuisine: so much more than meatballshttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2015/03/03/food/classic-swedish-cuisine-meatballs-eye/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=classic-swedish-cuisine-meatballs-eye
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2015/03/03/food/classic-swedish-cuisine-meatballs-eye/#commentsTue, 03 Mar 2015 09:06:27 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=life&p=727113Some Swedish delicacies, such as lutefisk (dried cod treated with lye), attract comments that are less than flattering. And when I say less than flattering, I mean downright slanderous. “Reminiscent of the afterbirth of a dog, or the world’s largest chunk of phlegm,” is one immortal line delivered by none other than U.S. author Garrison […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2015/03/03/food/classic-swedish-cuisine-meatballs-eye/feed/0Singapore food fling provides ‘messy and satisfying’ feasthttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2015/02/10/food/singapore-food-fling-provides-messy-and-satisfying-feast/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=singapore-food-fling-provides-messy-and-satisfying-feast
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2015/02/10/food/singapore-food-fling-provides-messy-and-satisfying-feast/#commentsTue, 10 Feb 2015 09:35:08 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=life&p=714476It’s Friday night and I’m staring death in the face. The face in question happens to belong to a red snapper, and it’s peeking out from the dark depths of powerful tamarind broth shimmering with crimson chili oil. As it fixes me with its upturned eye and gaping maw, I feel a vague twinge of […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2015/02/10/food/singapore-food-fling-provides-messy-and-satisfying-feast/feed/0Embark on a Peruvian adventure without boarding a flighthttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2015/01/06/food/embark-peruvian-adventure-without-leaving-home/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=embark-peruvian-adventure-without-leaving-home
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2015/01/06/food/embark-peruvian-adventure-without-leaving-home/#commentsTue, 06 Jan 2015 09:02:02 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=life&p=695088Sitting in the wood-clad, dimly lit dining room of the Miraflores restaurant, I begin to feel like I’m planning a year volunteering abroad. A glance at the Peruvian flag on the wall, the figurines on the bar counter and the map plastered across the door, and I imagine gleefully imposing myself on whichever rural village […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2015/01/06/food/embark-peruvian-adventure-without-leaving-home/feed/0Finding comfort in a Belgian bowlhttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/12/02/food/finding-comfort-belgian-bowl/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=finding-comfort-belgian-bowl
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/12/02/food/finding-comfort-belgian-bowl/#commentsTue, 02 Dec 2014 10:17:31 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=life&p=676584The mercury has dropped and the nights are getting longer. As the temperature plummets so does the need for culinary sophistication. Filigree garnishes, amusingly carved vegetables and light bonito broths frankly no longer cut it. To put it another way: December is less about yuzu-infused shoyu, and more about meat-pie-infused face. When you start to […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/12/02/food/finding-comfort-belgian-bowl/feed/0Pizza the way they make it in Naples — more or lesshttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/11/04/food/pizza-way-make-naples-less/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pizza-way-make-naples-less
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/11/04/food/pizza-way-make-naples-less/#commentsTue, 04 Nov 2014 10:46:19 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=life&p=660508With pizza, as with many things in life, simple is often the best. And it doesn’t get any more minimal than a true pizza Napoletana. A handful of blitzed San Marzano tomatoes, a well-tossed sourdough base, slices of mozzarella, three or four basil leaves; a few seconds in a blisteringly hot wood-fired oven is all […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/11/04/food/pizza-way-make-naples-less/feed/1Searching out the subtle but scorching spices of Indiahttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/09/30/food/searching-out-the-subtle-but-scorching-spices-of-india/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=searching-out-the-subtle-but-scorching-spices-of-india
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/09/30/food/searching-out-the-subtle-but-scorching-spices-of-india/#commentsTue, 30 Sep 2014 09:30:48 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=life&p=640715Turbaned and bejeweled Kashmiri princes recline on soft nan pillows, sipping chai as servants scamper over rugs of a luxuriant weave and between silk curtains rippling and fluttering in the light breeze of a Srinagar palace pavilion. Authentic curry is a heady experience. It’s all about piquant flavors, bracing chili heat and a couple of […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/09/30/food/searching-out-the-subtle-but-scorching-spices-of-india/feed/2Hankering for the grills and thrills of Greek cuisinehttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/09/02/food/hankering-grills-thrills-greek-cuisine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hankering-grills-thrills-greek-cuisine
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/09/02/food/hankering-grills-thrills-greek-cuisine/#commentsTue, 02 Sep 2014 09:17:48 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=life&p=625099Few things in this world are more pleasurable than sinking your teeth into heavily herbed, charcoal-grilled paidakia, the fabled lamb chops adored and revered by the Greeks. “The art is in the grilling,” says Savvas Mallouri, Cypriot father of a longtime friend and a man who can really wax eloquent when it comes to his […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/09/02/food/hankering-grills-thrills-greek-cuisine/feed/0Bowing out with a San Diego favorite — fish tacoshttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/08/05/food/bowing-san-diego-favorite-fish-tacos/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bowing-san-diego-favorite-fish-tacos
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/08/05/food/bowing-san-diego-favorite-fish-tacos/#commentsTue, 05 Aug 2014 09:05:12 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=life&p=610058As a native of southern California, I have long lamented the dearth of good Mexican food in Japan. It’s too heavy to take off here, people say. To which I have to wonder, then why not fish tacos? Fish tacos, stuffed with fluffy white fish and shredded cabbage and seasoned with lime, have none of […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/08/05/food/bowing-san-diego-favorite-fish-tacos/feed/0Gunma’s ‘Brazil Town’ offers a carnival of cuisinehttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/07/01/food/gunmas-brazil-town-offers-carnival-cuisine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gunmas-brazil-town-offers-carnival-cuisine
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/07/01/food/gunmas-brazil-town-offers-carnival-cuisine/#commentsTue, 01 Jul 2014 10:02:02 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=life&p=589857This month A Taste of Home is taking a field trip to Oizumi, Gunma Prefecture. Oizumi, an otherwise ordinary town, is home to roughly 4,000 Brazilians — about one-tenth of the local population. Most of them work in nearby factories (Subaru is a big one). But some of them are working to make life a […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/07/01/food/gunmas-brazil-town-offers-carnival-cuisine/feed/0Tokyoites needn’t be sheepish about New Zealand cuisinehttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/06/03/food/tokyoites-neednt-sheepish-new-zealand-cuisine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tokyoites-neednt-sheepish-new-zealand-cuisine
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/06/03/food/tokyoites-neednt-sheepish-new-zealand-cuisine/#commentsTue, 03 Jun 2014 09:55:41 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=life&p=568920New Zealand is famous for its lamb, pasture-fed on the country’s rolling green hills. Lamb being hard to come by in Japan, a New Zealand restaurant is a good bet if you’re craving lamb chops. There are two big ones in Tokyo: Wakanui (B1F, 2-23-14 Higashi-Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo; 03-3568-3466; www.wakanui.jp) and Arossa (8F Ginza Velvier […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/06/03/food/tokyoites-neednt-sheepish-new-zealand-cuisine/feed/1Pining for the communal flavor of Israeli cuisinehttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/04/01/food/pining-for-the-communal-flavor-of-israeli-cuisine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pining-for-the-communal-flavor-of-israeli-cuisine
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/04/01/food/pining-for-the-communal-flavor-of-israeli-cuisine/#commentsTue, 01 Apr 2014 10:13:04 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=life&p=544899I thought I missed hummus. By which I mean: I missed being able to pick up a tub at the supermarket. But to hear an Israeli acquaintance talk of it is to learn that there is so much more to miss. “Eating hummus reminds me of so many things, like sitting with friends in a […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/04/01/food/pining-for-the-communal-flavor-of-israeli-cuisine/feed/1Where German-sausage fans can find the best of the wursthttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/03/04/food/where-german-sausage-fans-can-find-the-best-of-the-wurst/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=where-german-sausage-fans-can-find-the-best-of-the-wurst
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/03/04/food/where-german-sausage-fans-can-find-the-best-of-the-wurst/#commentsTue, 04 Mar 2014 14:03:46 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=life&p=532102“After 11 years I finally found it,” a German colleague told me over lunch the other day. He wasn’t talking about the perfect job. He was talking about currywurst, sliced sausage smothered in ketchup and curry powder. It’s a diner or street-food dish, most popular in Berlin. To understand the popularity of currywurst, you need […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/03/04/food/where-german-sausage-fans-can-find-the-best-of-the-wurst/feed/0Eating Hawaiian in Japan, with or without the pancakeshttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/02/04/food/eating-hawaiian-in-japan-with-or-without-the-pancakes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eating-hawaiian-in-japan-with-or-without-the-pancakes
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/02/04/food/eating-hawaiian-in-japan-with-or-without-the-pancakes/#commentsTue, 04 Feb 2014 12:02:33 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=life&p=517852Something newsworthy has happened (well, newsworthy if you follow dining micro-trends): A new restaurant from Hawaii has opened in Tokyo and it doesn’t serve pancakes.

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/02/04/food/eating-hawaiian-in-japan-with-or-without-the-pancakes/feed/0Juicy Chinese dumplings will Shanghai your taste budshttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/12/31/food/juicy-chinese-dumplings-will-shanghai-your-taste-buds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=juicy-chinese-dumplings-will-shanghai-your-taste-buds
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/12/31/food/juicy-chinese-dumplings-will-shanghai-your-taste-buds/#commentsTue, 31 Dec 2013 13:05:23 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=life&p=502120People have opinions about xiao long bao. And for good reason: xiao long bao (or XLB, or soup dumplings, or shoronpo as they’re called in Japanese) are enchanting: semi-translucent satchels of dough encasing balls of minced pork suspended in, curiously, soup. In that magnificent way that the Chinese language has of mythologizing food they are […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/12/31/food/juicy-chinese-dumplings-will-shanghai-your-taste-buds/feed/0Where would Santa find Finnish flavors in Japan?http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/12/19/food/where-would-santa-find-finnish-flavors-in-japan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=where-would-santa-find-finnish-flavors-in-japan
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/12/19/food/where-would-santa-find-finnish-flavors-in-japan/#commentsThu, 19 Dec 2013 13:55:28 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=life&p=497134Dear readers, I have made a wonderful discovery: Finnish cinnamon rolls, korvapuusti, are not just cinnamon rolls. They are cinnamon and cardamom rolls and they are delicious. Also, korvapuusti translates to “slapped ear” — perhaps because the dough is rolled rather than coiled — which is adorable. You can try korvapuusti at Moi Café in […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/12/19/food/where-would-santa-find-finnish-flavors-in-japan/feed/1Dig into 400 years of local history with a roast beef dinnerhttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/11/14/food/dig-into-400-years-of-local-history-with-a-roast-beef-dinner/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dig-into-400-years-of-local-history-with-a-roast-beef-dinner
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/11/14/food/dig-into-400-years-of-local-history-with-a-roast-beef-dinner/#commentsThu, 14 Nov 2013 13:59:05 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=life&p=481093A peculiar culinary milestone took place last month: the 400th anniversary of the first English roast beef dinner served in Japan. You’re forgiven for missing the fanfare; there wasn’t any, save for a commemorative meal at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan in Tokyo. This inaugural roast was prepared by the crew of the Clove, […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/11/14/food/dig-into-400-years-of-local-history-with-a-roast-beef-dinner/feed/0Where’s a New Yorker to find a decent slice in Tokyo?http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/10/17/food/wheres-a-new-yorker-to-find-a-decent-slice-in-tokyo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wheres-a-new-yorker-to-find-a-decent-slice-in-tokyo
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/10/17/food/wheres-a-new-yorker-to-find-a-decent-slice-in-tokyo/#commentsThu, 17 Oct 2013 13:58:53 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=life&p=468775I heard a rumor that there was a New York-style pizza shop in Tokyo Station that was importing water from New York City. That’s how hard they were trying to make their pizza taste authentic. This was exciting news: New York-style pizza, served by the slice with long trails of gooey mozzarella (and maybe a […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/10/17/food/wheres-a-new-yorker-to-find-a-decent-slice-in-tokyo/feed/1Korean treats that predate the Wavehttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/09/19/food/korean-treats-that-predate-the-wave/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=korean-treats-that-predate-the-wave
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/09/19/food/korean-treats-that-predate-the-wave/#commentsThu, 19 Sep 2013 13:50:50 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=life&p=457203Forget Shin-Okubo’s Koreatown. When I asked Korean friends and acquaintances where to go to find authentic Korean food in Tokyo, several pointed me in the opposite direction, to Akasaka. Specifically, I was told to try the soup at Akasaka Ichiryu Bekkan (2-13-17 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo; 03-3582-7008). There’s really only one thing on the menu at […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/09/19/food/korean-treats-that-predate-the-wave/feed/0Barbecue like they do it in the Southhttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/08/15/food/barbecue-like-they-do-it-in-the-south/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=barbecue-like-they-do-it-in-the-south
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/08/15/food/barbecue-like-they-do-it-in-the-south/#commentsThu, 15 Aug 2013 14:00:37 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=life&p=430393“Hamburger shops are a dime a dozen in Tokyo these days, but there are very few places doing barbecue,” said Lauren Shannon, owner of Bulldog Barbeque (www.bulldogbbq.jp). By barbecue, Shannon doesn’t mean any old thing thrown on a grill, but rather the tradition of the American South of slow-cooked, smoked meats. If you don’t know […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/06/21/food/in-search-of-a-steamed-morsel-or-two-of-hong-kong-fare/feed/0Where to find brunch in Tokyo, and just the way you like ithttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/05/17/food/where-to-find-brunch-in-tokyo-and-just-the-way-you-like-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=where-to-find-brunch-in-tokyo-and-just-the-way-you-like-it
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/05/17/food/where-to-find-brunch-in-tokyo-and-just-the-way-you-like-it/#commentsThu, 16 May 2013 15:04:56 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=life&p=365492It’s terrace season, and the thought of a drawn-out weekend brunch — sunglasses on, cocktail in hand — is likely to make any American go weak in the knees with homesickness. Fortunately for those in Tokyo there are several places that do a classic brunch, including both old staples and a few newcomers. Expat-run Two […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/05/17/food/where-to-find-brunch-in-tokyo-and-just-the-way-you-like-it/feed/1There’s more to British food in Japan than fish and chipshttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/04/19/food/theres-more-to-british-food-in-japan-than-fish-and-chips/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=theres-more-to-british-food-in-japan-than-fish-and-chips
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/04/19/food/theres-more-to-british-food-in-japan-than-fish-and-chips/#commentsThu, 18 Apr 2013 15:01:40 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=life&p=349727Authentic British food is hard to come by in Japan, and the food at the theme-pub chains isn’t often great. However, there are a handful of expat-run places that get it right — and should hit the spot for homesick Brits. Having heard encouraging things about Warrior Celt (3F 6-9-22 Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo; (03) 3836-8588; […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/04/19/food/theres-more-to-british-food-in-japan-than-fish-and-chips/feed/4Foraging for steak frites in Tokyo? Follow a Frenchmanhttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/03/15/food/foraging-for-steak-frites-in-tokyo-follow-a-frenchman/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=foraging-for-steak-frites-in-tokyo-follow-a-frenchman
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/03/15/food/foraging-for-steak-frites-in-tokyo-follow-a-frenchman/#commentsThu, 14 Mar 2013 15:04:58 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=life&p=300967A friend — a French chef who happens to be Japanese — once told me that the reason so many Japanese chefs chose French was because it was considered the world’s most challenging cuisine. But the same over-achiever attitude that gave us so many French restaurants in Tokyo means that many of them serve “fussy […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/03/15/food/foraging-for-steak-frites-in-tokyo-follow-a-frenchman/feed/0Tokyo has California-style burritos all wrapped uphttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/02/15/food/tokyo-has-california-style-burritos-all-wrapped-up/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tokyo-has-california-style-burritos-all-wrapped-up
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/02/15/food/tokyo-has-california-style-burritos-all-wrapped-up/#commentsThu, 14 Feb 2013 15:00:31 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=life&p=153885Nothing gives me greater pleasure, as a California native, than to discover a new burrito shop. I'm not talking about the kind of burritos served on a plate in a restaurant.

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/02/15/food/tokyo-has-california-style-burritos-all-wrapped-up/feed/11Searching for Singapore: Chicken rice and more in Tokyohttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/01/17/food/searching-for-singapore-chicken-rice-and-more-in-tokyo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=searching-for-singapore-chicken-rice-and-more-in-tokyo
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/01/17/food/searching-for-singapore-chicken-rice-and-more-in-tokyo/#commentsThu, 17 Jan 2013 08:15:15 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/?post_type=life&p=41781Considering that Singapore is famous for being one of the world’s most delicious cities, it is surprising that Singaporean food doesn’t have more cachet, or at least more of a presence, in Japan. As Japanese teenagers growing up in Singapore, Daimu Kato and Kota Nagai plotted to change that. “We would eat chicken rice once […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/01/17/food/searching-for-singapore-chicken-rice-and-more-in-tokyo/feed/0Recipes for a new life in Japanhttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/12/21/food/recipes-for-a-new-life-in-japan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=recipes-for-a-new-life-in-japan
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/12/21/food/recipes-for-a-new-life-in-japan/#commentsFri, 21 Dec 2012 00:00:29 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/12/21/%life_category%/recipes-for-a-new-life-in-japan/Nwe Nwe Kyaw arrived in Japan 12 years ago, the wife of a political refugee from Myanmar granted asylum in Japan. In Yangon, she had been a teacher; here she had to figure out something else to do. “There were no Burmese restaurants in Japan where the (authentic) taste hadn’t been erased. So I thought […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/12/21/food/recipes-for-a-new-life-in-japan/feed/0Hot and steamy soup — winter’s most satisfying mealhttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/11/16/food/hot-and-steamy-soup-winters-most-satisfying-meal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hot-and-steamy-soup-winters-most-satisfying-meal
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/11/16/food/hot-and-steamy-soup-winters-most-satisfying-meal/#commentsFri, 16 Nov 2012 00:01:14 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/11/16/%life_category%/hot-and-steamy-soup-winters-most-satisfying-meal/How nice does a steaming-hot bowl of soup sound? Not a teacup-sized serving of clear broth or that shocking yellow shot of sodium otherwise known as corn potage, but a hearty, home-style soup that actually doubles as a meal (especially when paired with hearty, home-style bread). A British friend who lived several years in Russia […]

]]>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/11/16/food/hot-and-steamy-soup-winters-most-satisfying-meal/feed/0As the mercury drops, comfort food means pie, pie, piehttp://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/10/19/food/as-the-mercury-drops-comfort-food-means-pie-pie-pie/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=as-the-mercury-drops-comfort-food-means-pie-pie-pie
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/10/19/food/as-the-mercury-drops-comfort-food-means-pie-pie-pie/#commentsFri, 19 Oct 2012 00:00:23 +0000http://awsadmin.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/10/19/%life_category%/as-the-mercury-drops-comfort-food-means-pie-pie-pie/In this new monthly column I’ll be hunting down home comforts from around the world. And when the weather turns abruptly cold, the American mind turns to Thanksgiving, that annual feast of rare origin — it’s as American as apple pie. Mmm, pie … Where can get my hands on some of that? Kyle’s Good […]